(275. Beggar.)
¶ "If a deceyuour yeue a man to sowke
Line 1919
Wordës plesant, in hony al by-wrappid, [¶ Prouerbi|arum I. ffili mi, si te lactauerint peccatores, ne adquiescas eis.]
Good is a man eschewë [to eschewe R, eschew H.] swich a powke;
Thurgh fauel haþ ful many a man mys-happid;
ffor when þat he hath ianglid al and clappid
Line 1923
With his freend, tretyng of pees openly, [¶ Ieremie ix. In ore suo pa|cem loquitur cum amico suo, & occulte ponit ei insi|dias.]
He in a-wayt lith of hym couertly.
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(276. Beggar.)
¶ "Þe mostë lak þat han þe lordës grete, [¶ Seneca li|bro vijo de beneficiis. Summa loca tenentibus maxime deest qui veritatem dicat. Adula|cionis certa|men omnibus officium est, vna omnium contencio quis blandis|sime fallat.]
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Is of hem that hir soothës shuld hem telle;
Al in þe glosë folk labour and swete;
Thei stryuen who best ryngë [rynge R, ryng H.] shal þe belle
Of fals plesance, in þat hir hertës swelle
Line 1930
If þat oon can bet than othér deceyue;
And swich deceyt, lordës blyndly receyue.
Line 1932
(277. Beggar.)
¶ "The worldly richë men, han no knowleche [folio 35b] [¶ Item Se|neca. Igno|rant seculi potentes vires suas, dum se credunt tam magnos quanti pre|dicantur.]
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What þat thei bene of hir condicioun;
Thei ben so blent with fauellës gay speche,
Wich réportith to hem, þat hir renoun
Is euerywherë halwid in the toun,
Line 1937
That in hem-self they demen gret vertu,
Where as þer is but smal or naght a gru,
Line 1939
(278. Beggar.)
¶ "ffor vnneth á good word men speke of hem:
Line 1940
This falsë [fals H R.] tresoun comon is and rif;
Bet were it the ben [thou were R.] at ierusalem,
Sonë, þan þou were in it defectif.
Syn my lord þe prynce is, god help his lyf,
Line 1944
To thè good lord, good seruant þou þe quyte
To him, and trewe, and it shal the profyte.
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